Lovers Farewell, Lyric Variant 01

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Folk songs--United States

Unrequited love--Songs and music

Farewells--Songs and music

Grief--Songs and music

Farewell

AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

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Lovers Farewell

1. Farewell since all is over
We part never more to see
May the waters of life deeply cover
Each feeling which once was so dear

Chorus.

Vain are the vows we have plighted
Oh, that we never had met
Love’s a flower that blooms to be blighted
And the star of hope arose but to set

2. In crowds I will plunge to forget thee
And I’ll pass mid the festive and gay
But this heart ever lives to regret thee
as the weary dreams of life fade away

3. If ever you should give to another
that heart which you said once was mine
may your love ever be as a sisters
And a brothers love will ever be thine.

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